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Ex-offenders play big role in city's high murder rate

Ex-offenders of gun crimes may have as low as a one-in-50 chance of avoiding a return to prison.

Weekender Interview | Jason Reitman

When the doorman greets you at the entrance to the Ritz Carlton Hotel on Boston Common, you enter a simple and elegant lobby accented with orchids in crystal vases and shapely leather couches. It's the kind of hotel you'd expect a movie director to stay in, with a concierge awaiting your every whim on the first floor and a formal dining room on the eighth.

Relay for Life kicks off its return to Tufts

The Mayer Campus Center was unusually full at 8:30 last night as approximately 60 people turned out for the Tufts' Relay for Life kickoff event.

A problem of 'epidemic' proportions

On the night of Saturday, Mar. 18, there was a double homicide in North Philadelphia. On Monday morning, the Philadelphia Inquirer ran the story on the back page of its Region section, two paragraphs long, below the weather.

Featured Listing | Jennifer Beals might be a maniac, but Sarabande are 'dancin' fools'

Sarabande, Tufts' repertory dance ensemble, presents its spring show, "Dancin' Fools" at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday in Cohen Auditorium. The two-hour performance, produced by juniors Jessica Mattos and Brie Graber, is choreographed by student members of the collective.

Andrew Bauld | You Can't Steal First

Last Sunday, in what has become a yearly tradition, I headed to the Boston Fleet Bank TD Garden North Center to see the Celtics take on the Chicago Bulls.

On the streets, owning a gun is a measure of manhood

In a small interview room at the Probation and Parole Office at 1401 Arch Street, the eyes of a 23-year-old probationer from North Philadelphia glaze over as he recalls the Mac-11 automatic Uzi that earned him his first firearm conviction.

Book Review | Picoult strikes gold with 'Tenth Circle'

It resides far below the earth's surface: a fiery domain of eternal torment where the sinful suffer and a pitchfork-wielding demon is sovereign. This is the popular notion of Hell: a place of punishment far removed from our world, somewhere the wicked end up after death. It's not supposed to reside within us, and it's not meant to be something we bring upon ourselves.

Jill Harrison | Traveling Lush

I'm getting too old for this s-t. In her day, the Lush could get down with the best of them and rock Spring Break with somewhat-reckless abandon. But as I returned from the Bahamas last week, I was little but tired, poor and feeling old.

Weekender Feature | Student Musicians | They don't wanna be big stars

So you've heard of Tracy Chapman, and you've heard of Guster. These professional musicians were once just fellow Jumbos. But do you know junior Bridget Kearney? How about senior Geoff Brown? Well, wait a few years, and you may hear about these aspiring professional musicians. But more importantly, they'll be professional musicians - whether you've heard of them or not.

Medina's memory honored

A memorial service for Nadia Medina, former director of the Academic Resource Center (ARC) at Tufts, took place yesterday evening at the Hillel Granoff Center. Medina succumbed to sarcoma, a form of cancer, on Feb. 8 at the age of 61.

Not just Fox News: Mainstream media are agents of ignorance

Americans know that President Bush bilked them into supporting his war of aggression in Iraq with false claims of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and support for Al Qaida. They know the President's policies on Iraq and Israel and the Palestinians have weakened national security. They realize he has squandered the sympathy and good will towards the United States that were evoked by the events of Sept. 11. But they can't understand why anti-Americanism has become so pervasive.

Professors' Pasts | College, with a Swiss twist

Though not a part of the large international relations sector at Tufts, Assistant Mathematics Professor Christian Benes possesses his own unique brand of worldliness.

Groups take a community approach to preventing gun violence

"Emanuel, possession of a gun." "Elijah, armed robbery." One after another, young men - some barely in high school - stood up and admitted their felonies in front of a group of 34 of their peers.

Worrisome on-campus crimes are 'not that uncommon'

Thanks to the February break-in at Brown and Brew coffee shop and a virulent outbreak of vehicle-related theft, burglary has characterized Tufts' crime scene this spring.

Photo essays by Nicki Sobecki and Sarah Jacobson (PDF)

He really did invent the World Wide Web

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium, spoke to a full audience in Cabot's ASEAN auditorium yesterday as a part of the Snyder Presidential Lecture Series.

Alex Sherman | Retrospective

We begin this record by noting that never before has such an undertaking been undertook. Most, if not all, spring breaks have been spent participating in low-budget escapades in Denver. Increasingly, however, my spring breaks have developed into something greater.

Women's Fencing | Freshman Lee finishes 22nd at Nationals

Like much of the student body, freshman Christine Lee did indeed head south for spring break. Her vacation, however, was strictly business.

Nutrition Spotlight | Flaxseed oils aren't just for Barry Bonds

You might have noticed an unusual ingredient popping up in breads, granola bars, cereals, pasta and even eggs lately-flaxseeds. But these small brownish seeds - full of fiber, healthy omega-3 fatty acids, potassium and magnesium - are nothing new. In fact, traces of flaxseeds have been found in cookware from ancient civilizations as far back as 5000 BC. They've also been used for thousands of years to make the durable fabric linen. Now, with the endless headlines publicizing America's health woes, flaxseeds are enjoying a resurgence - not in the textile mills, but in the food mills. But, what does this mean for you? Should you start loading up on flaxseeds?